2023 – Page 3034 – The Portland Press Herald

Inside Gray: Jan. 20

by Marilyn Keating-Porcaro January 20, 2023January 18, 2023

’33 fundraising big success The Gray Historical Society has surpassed its Coming Home ’33 capital campaign to display the town’s famous 1933 Chevrolet firetruck in an extension on the GHS building at One Main Street, and wishes to thank all who donated. The historical society will now work on finishing touches, including exterior signs and […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Proposed Yard South zone changes raise ethical concerns

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

I am a South Portland resident, and I am opposed to the Yard South proposed contract zone changes in the Shipyard District. The changes would allow the developers to construct multiple 18-story residential housing towers on contaminated brownfield. The 1,200 housing units (only 100 being designated as affordable) are next to nine oil storage tanks; […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: EPA needs to move more quickly, forcefully to reach Biden’s climate goals

by Richard Killmer Special to the Press Herald January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

Thousands of lives could be saved every year if limits for a deadly air pollutant are made as low as possible.

Lakes Region Weekly

It Happened in Windham: Remembering the ice storm of 1998

by Haley Pal January 20, 2023January 17, 2023

For those of us who lived through it, the ice storm of ’98 is one of those memories that remains vivid in our minds. The storm began as rain on Jan. 7, but quickly accelerated into freezing rain as the temperatures began to plummet. By the time people were driving home from work, the streets […]